15 Movies Like Chain Reaction
Loved Chain Reaction? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.
Trap House
An undercover DEA agent and his partner embark on a game of cat and mouse with an audacious, and surprising group of thieves – their own rebellious teenagers, who have begun robbing from a dangerous cartel, using their parents' tactics and top-secret intel to do it.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Chain Reaction.
The Commuter
A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Chain Reaction.
State of Fear
As São Paulo erupts in an unprecedented wave of violence, a lawyer with underworld ties must strike a deal with the police to rescue her kidnapped niece.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Chain Reaction.
Old Bandits
An elderly retired couple teams up with young partners to plan a daring bank robbery, while trying to outwit a detective determined to stop them.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Chain Reaction.
Elite Squad
In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Chain Reaction.
Border Hunters
After his police officer brother is killed by a drug dealer who flees to the protection of his cartel-connected uncle in Mexico, an American man with a diverse law enforcement/military background goes south of the border to get revenge
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Chain Reaction.
Fast Charlie
When his aging mob boss is whacked, Charlie Swift, a loyal friend and hired gun, will stop at nothing to destroy the upcoming crew that took him out.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Chain Reaction.
Code 8 Part II
In a world where superpowered people are heavily policed by robots, an ex-con teams up with a drug lord he despises to protect a teen from a corrupt cop.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Chain Reaction.
Lights Out
A drifting ex-soldier turns underground fighter with the help of a just-released ex-con, pitting him against corrupt cops and hired killers now gunning for him and all those he cares about.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Chain Reaction.
King of Killers
Garan is a part of a group of international hitmen who are contracted to take out the most dangerous killer in the world, only to find out that they're the ones being hunted.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Chain Reaction.
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias are accused by the Human Right Aids member Diogo Fraga of execution of prisoners. Matias is transferred to the corrupted Military Police and Nascimento is exonerated from the BOPE by the Governor.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Chain Reaction.
The System
When a young soldier, newly returned from war, gets caught up in a drug bust, he is recruited by the authorities to go undercover in a notoriously dangerous prison in order to figure out what is really going on.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Chain Reaction.
Amazon Jail
Young women in the Amazon are kidnapped by a ring of devil-worshipers, who plan to sell them as sex slaves. Some of the women escape, but are pursued into the jungle by their captors. The women must band together to turn the tables on their kidnappers.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Chain Reaction.
El padrino: The Latin Godfather
In the streets of East Los Angeles, Manny is a formidable drug dealer. Impressed by his extravagant lifestyle and prowess, his young son, Kilo, yearns to follow in his footsteps. Kilo resolves to learn how to prosper in the drug world, and his new life as a dealer begins. In a world where a man wants everything, he may end up with nothing.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Chain Reaction.
The Double
The mysterious murder of a US senator bearing the distinctive trademark of the legendary Soviet assassin 'Cassius', forces retired CIA operative, Paul Shepherson to team with rookie FBI agent, Ben Geary to solve the crime. Having spent his career chasing Cassius, Shepherdson is convinced his nemesis is long dead, but is pushed to take on the case by his former supervisor, Tom Highland. Geary, who wrote his Master's thesis on Shepherdson's pursuit of the Soviet killer, is certain that Cassius has resurfaced.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Chain Reaction.